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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: BriceBludau on December 18, 2011, 01:45:40 AM
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What guides would you guys recommend for a 25-40# popping rod. 7'10" in length? Right now I'm looking at the single foot "K" guides, but I don't know the max limits of the single foots. There's really not a rod like this on the US market right now, so I thought I'd look here for advice.
Thanks in advance
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I'm actually finding my answer now with the FCL Labo UCB-79, Carpenter Black Current BC79-LR, Zenith Zero ZSS-74ML, etc.. that the single-foot Fujis are fine for what I'm looking to do.
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Bice, I'd be hesitant to go past about PE3 for this.
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Brice, if you are still considering single foot guides I would recommend a combination of both double and single. Run the stripper and next guide as doubles and the rest single. I think the only advantage is weight, and if you are building a slower action blank it would be better to save on weight otherwise you will add to the slow action.
My 2 cents anyway ;)
I think the K series are great for up to 40lb :D
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As a buyer, I would not want a rod using a single foot guide (be it K or otherwise) for more than a PE2-3 rating. Conceptually, I would just not buy into one.
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I really want to use the single foot guides so that the rigidity of a double foot doesn't "steal" action from the blank or make it whippy at the top. I considered doing the double foot stripper as well, but I think I'm going to give the all single lineup a run to start. I saw singles all the way on most of the rods I researched when making the decision. The problem is that we don't have a lot of acces to the FCL, Carpenter, etc... here in the US.
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As a buyer, I would not want a rod using a single foot guide (be it K or otherwise) for more than a PE2-3 rating. Conceptually, I would just not buy into one.
This rod is designed for heavy inshore and very light offshore popping. Mahi-mahi, mackeral, small tuna, and inshore species like bluefish, stripers, and tarpon. It matched really well with a 4-5000 model Stella (or similar). PE 2-3 would be right around 25-40lb right???
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Yep, or slightly lighter. 40lbs would maybe make me think twice - 20-30lbs wouldn't. What sort of maximum drag rating are you thinking of?
That is of course me and others may think very differently.
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Yep, or slightly lighter. 40lbs would maybe make me think twice - 20-30lbs wouldn't. What sort of maximum drag rating are you thinking of?
That is of course me and others may think very differently.
Here are the specs I posted on the site: http://oceantackle.net/Popping_Rods.html (http://oceantackle.net/Popping_Rods.html)
I was able to lift 15lbs off the ground with it, but I wouldn't want people expecting that out of it on a regular basis. 8-10lbs is about right for fighting. The specs might change a little with the tweaks to the final samples from the prototypes.
I was throwing a Saltist 4500 with it and the reel was a touch too big. The 4000 Saltist, or a 5000 Shimano would be dead on with 30-40# spectra.